Darth Maul Returns

Darth Maul is returning to the Star Wars universe. That's right, he was cut in half but yet he will return in Star Wars: The Clone Wars this spring. The full report comes from Entertainment Weekly, and here is an excert from the report with supervising director Dave Filoni speaking on Darth Maul's return.

“I found it funny in The Phantom Menace when Darth Maul got cut in half,” Clone Wars
supervising director Dave Filoni says. “I thought George was
definitively saying to the fans, ‘There’s no way this character is
coming back. This is not a Boba Fett/Sarlacc Pit situation where,
because of fan love, Boba gets out of that thing any number of ways.’
Fast-forward ten-years, and I’m the one to bring Maul back.”Well, mostly. Filoni acknowledges that the order to resurrect the
Sith Lord came from George Lucas himself, who became more interested in
his Phantom Menace creation while developing Savage Opress for the last season of The Clone Wars.
Awesome as Maul was in the movie, he barely got to do anything before
the old chop-chop. When asked if Maul’s return is motivated by the
feeling that he was underutilized in The Phantom Menace, Filoni says, “I think in part.”Filoni's biggest challenge, though, will come from the legions of
fans ready to shout “No way!” at the very idea of a Maul return. But
addressing the (un)believability of his survival could make for some
interesting drama. “First of all, how does he survive getting cut in
half?” says Filoni. “Plus, he fell! And also, don’t forget Obi-Wan
Kenobi is still around, so I’m sure Maul wouldn’t be very happy with him.”